Gasoline-heater



(No Model.) R A. J. PARKER 85 R. G. HUNTER.

GASOLINE HEATER.

N0. 487,373. Patented Dec. 6, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

ARTHUR J. PARKER AND ROBERT G. HUNTER, OF \VILLIAMSTON, MICHIGAN.

GASOLINE-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,373, dated. December 6, 1892.

Application filed October 30, 1891. Serial No. 410,691. (No model) To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ARTHUR J. PARKER and ROBERT G. HUNTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Williamston, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gasoline-Heaters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in oil or vapor stoves; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts whereby we get the best effects from the heat, and also provide an auxiliary section of the casting carrying a Stovepipe and a damper so constructed that the section may be inserted or detached at will, and when attached the products of combustion may be either directed up the chimney or allowed to pass into the room at will, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved stove. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the stove and damper section. Fig. 3 is a vertical central longitudinal section through our stove with the chimney and damper section detached. Fig. {1 is a section through the upper part of the stove with the chimney and damper section in place.

A is the base, preferably cast and preferably having formed integral therewith the legs B. To this cast base is secured'a cylindrical casing 0, having a top D and forming within the combustion-chamber E. The top D is perforated to receive the flues F, which connect into a bottom plate G of the cylindrical casing H, forming a heating-chamber I.

J is a top covering the casing H and provided with suitable apertures K.

L is a burn er, preferably a vapor-burner for gasoline, controlled by the valves M and N, and connected by means of a feed-pipe O with the su pply-tankP above the stove. This tank is generally provided with a' suitable bulb Q for putting an air-pressure upon the oil in the tank, and the shut-0E valve R in the cover between said bulb and the tank.

S is the shut-off valve on the pipe below the tank. Above the burner L is a conical deflector F, extending nearly to the sides of the casing (3, a passage-way T being left between said casing and the edges of the deflector. Above each of the dues F in the chamber I are secured shelves U, adapted to check the flow of air through said Hues, so that it will be retained in the heating-chamber 1 to be superheated as much as possible. These shelves are arranged on opposite sides,- a passage-way U being left between them, and opposite this passage is a central shelf V, deflecting the current of hot air to the sides of the casing through the passage-way V into the upper part of the heating-chamber, from whence they pass into the room through the perforations K. The effect of this construction is to greatly superheat the air before it is discharged into the room.

W is a suitable door formed in the casing C to allow of easy access to the burner.

In most cases where such heating-stoves are sold no chimney is required, but in order to supply the demand for such a stove with a chimney connected with the exit-flue we form a cylindrical section a, adapted to be secured to the top of the casing H to form an extension thereof to receive the cap J, as plainly shown in Fig. 4. This section we provide with a partition Z7, having perforations o, and a damper 61 below said partition, having corresponding apertures e. We also provide this section with an exit-fluef at one side below the partition and damper, and the damper is provided with a suitable hand-piece g, by means of which it may be turned so that the apertures 6 will register with the apertures c, or be turned opposite the imperforate portion of the partition to open and close the passageway from the chamberI to the top ofthe stove. When this section is in place and the damper closed, the products of combustion will pass up the exit-flue E into the chimney, and when the damper is open the greater proportion of the products of combustion will pass through the apertures into the top of the stove and find exit into the room through the apertures K.

X is a drip-pan, preferably made integral with the base A, and connected thereto by the arms X, apertures being formed between these arms to allow of the ingress of sufficient air to sustain combustion.

What We claim as our invention is 5 In a heating-stove, the combination, with the casing, of a removable section constituting an extension of the casing and fitted on the top thereof, a damper formed in the upper portion of the section, an exit-flue extending to out from the side of the section below the damper, and a removable perforated cap on the upper edge of the section of a size correspond ing with the top of the casing on which it is adapted to fit when the section is removed, substantially as described. I 5

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR J. PARKER. ROBERT G. HUNTER. Witnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, S. M. HULBERT. 

